20 was a bust. It sounded open but just could not sustain a run. 40 was goodbut not very many mults. 80 was 80 rain static and very noisy. I sure couldhave used some receive antennas on 80 the 4 sq rcv array is need of repair.
Running 500 watts. Up at the Montana house for the kids Fall break. Did notwant to tear apart the Colorado shack.
FT-1000MP
Ameritron AL-811
Highlight was having K6LL turn me down for a QSO since he was not ready foronce!
Lots of big numbers. W0YK was way ahead at the end.
Hope to see you all from this station for CW SS.

Activity seemed way down on this one. Maybe with the activity in the Makrothenand LOTW contests going on the same day, there was some burnout. Seems likethis contest doesn't attract the newcomers like the other contests do. Didn'tseem to work very many unique calls in this one.
Seem like I worked the same 15 or 20 stations over and over again. Still funthough!!
Band conditions actually seemed pretty good--signals were loud for the mostcase.
Thanks for the Q's and see 'ya in the next one.
Tom W7WHY
TS-450SAT X 2 + SB-200 ~300 watts
80 meter dipole, 40 meter vertical and 2 el 20 monobander.
N1MM Logger (works slick)

I was pretty much a total LID in this one. Thanks to everyone for the QSOs andyour patience. I had the worst time copying on all bands. The signals seemedstrong enough for good copy, but the printing was pretty shabby.
73,
Ed - W0YK

Had a blast in spite of rig problems. Power output would sporadically drop to 2watts on 20M. Did it a few times on 40M too. Apologies if you struggled tocopy my exchange - lots of great ears in this group! Thanks for all the(multiple) Q's.
73,
Ron N6EE

Well, this was my first NA RTTY Sprint. After I got into the swing of things,the pace picked up, but I'm still learning the tradeoffs of CQing vs S&P. Thanks for the Qs. 73, John, K6MM. FT-1000MP MV, 400-500 watts into F12 C3SS& G5RV. Used N1MM software + DigiKeyer.

Not very good conditions. Really not much in the order of antennas to playwith. Just a vertical for 40M and nothing on 80M. The tribander seemed toplay pretty good on 20M but the band was long.
Had not played this sprint in a good while. Since moving back to Alabama, myRTTY activity had definitely been curtained. Good to get back on!
Had some equipment trouble in the middle. Took a little while to sort it out.One of my TUs lost it's audio amp (I guess) anyway will figure it out later.
Took a few minutes to get back into the grind of the QSY and it went fairlywell afterwards. Interesting concept, keeps you active with the radio andsuch.
Met up with Wayne/K7WM and Tom/W7WHY for the first time in a good while. Enjoyed a moment chatting! Hope I did not hold you two guys up to much!
Thanks for the contacts, maybe next time I can get a signal on 80M.
Jim/KC4HW

When I got to 80, I found that the FSK wouldn't key properly on transmit atanything over about 300 watts. I haven't operated RTTY in a long time, soeverything felt really strange at first. I used only one radio in this contest.Thanks for all the Q's.

1 radio
Yuck. That was ugly.
Rebar warmed up the rig in Makrothen, and then I took over at 0Z for theSprint. Unfortunately, I got off to a terrible start, and was out of sync forthis contest.
I forgot my lesson learned from the March 2007 RTTY Sprint: the RTTY Sprintrequires a completely different strategy than the SSB Sprint! That differentmentality hurt my QSO total.
I know the dupe rule keeps us busy, but it totally changes the character of thecontest into one big dupe fest where we work each other 15 times. I don't likethat, yet I realize there are substantial drawbacks to eliminating the duperule.
I heard AK and ID, but didn't work them.
Thanks for the QSOs.
73...
-Dean - N6DE

Well I can thank KC4HW for getting me on for the Sprint. Wasn't quite sure whatto expect as a budding novice RTTY op. Worked thru some setup issue andevntually got it going. Didn't have the ability to spend a F/T effort howeverenjoyed the time I spent. Looking fwd to the fall event as I hope to have alittle more op savy in regards to this mode.
Tim, KY5R in the "Heart of Dixie"

Brother, that was hard work!
I operated QRP, which I usually enjoy, and to evaluate
the antenna performance before making some changes. But
QSOs were very hard to come by, and even people I heard
well couldn't hear me. Sure, I would get beat out in a
pileup, but when they just CQ, CQ back at me it was
discouraging... My score is less than half what it was
when going QRP in March '05.
20m faded early (before the contest?) and 40m was all I
could use for hours. 80m was quite useless here in the
Pacific Northwest, since the sun was still up and little
could be heard - let alone worked at QRP.
Some surprising loud signals from K6TD (new antennas!),
W1UE (my only W1, W2 or W3!), and W0YK, but they were often
working more legal dupes than listening for a weak signal.
I hope the legal dupe rule goes away soon to encourage more
S&P and bring strategy in line with the other Sprints.
I heard several VE3's and the VE9 but could never get a
response.
That said, it was still a pleasure to get a complete QSO-
dance performed, and the operators all seemed top-notch and
trying hard. Thanks for the QSOs!
NN7SS Burt (op K6UFO Mork!)
Two Yaesu FT-1000MPs turned down to 5w.
3-el SteppIR at 55'
Cushcraft 40-2CD yagi at 50'
80-meter half-sloper
Writelog and MMTTY software
QSOs by hour and band:
80M 40M 20M Total Cumm
0000Z ---+- 8 19 27 27
0100Z 1 16 7 24 51
0200Z 4 10 - 14 65
0300Z 8 12 - 20 85
Total: 13 46 26

It was tough night to be low power. After the first hour I only had 35 Q's whichwas frightening. Twenty meters just wasn't there for me, I couldn't call CQ andget a return. I only missed one mult that I heard (QC). It seemed to me likeparticipation was down. But it was great fun as usual. I enjoy the franticchaos of the sprint. Thanks for all the Q's.

Tough sleding up here in the PNW, 20 closed, or at least all the RTTY guys wentaway within 45 mins. 40 was full of noise and static crashes and 80 wasimpossible. Still had fun and easy to get out of "sync" with the QSY rule. Thanks for the Q's
73 Gary K7OX

Propagation conditions made for a very uninteresting contest. 20M was terrible,but there was no one on 40M to work. Working the same stations 20 times underthe Working Dupes rule just doesn't interest me- it was more fun to pursue thecounty sweep in the PA QSO party (I did get it) or watch the Red Sox on TV. Ithink the overload of RTTY contests on this weekend kept a lot of players outof this one.
Thanks for the Qs.
Dennis W1UE